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Samsung introduced several new advanced LCD HDTV sets at CES 2009 including updates to their LCD HDTV lineup with CCFL backlighting and a brand new line of LED HDTV sets called the Samsung LUXIA line. We’ll start first with the new LUXIA lineup.

The LUXIA line consists of three new series – 8000, 7000, and 6000 series – all of which build upon the first and second generation LED HDTV sets from Samsung. These TV sets use LEDs as their primary light source instead of Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps (CCFL) resulting in high contrast ratios, darker blacks, slim form factors, and increased energy savings. 

All three series come with Samsung’s Auto Motion Plus frame interpolation technology. The 8000 Series has a refresh rate of 240 Hz while the 7000 Series and 6000 Series feature 120Hz refresh rates.

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To make things even sweeter, the 8000 and 7000 Series both feature the new “Internet@TV – Content Service” developed by Yahoo – essentially the Widget Channel technology shown off by Intel and Yahoo. The TV sets retrieve content from the Internet via wireless or wired connections and displays them using Yahoo’s Widget technology. A widget-based interface and scrollbar runs along the bottom of the screen for easy browsing of the latest content.

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The 6000 Series lacks the Yahoo Widget technology but it does have the Samsung InfoLink RSS service which displays news, sports, weather, and stock information at the touch of the remote.

Other features of these new LED displays include:

  • The frames are just over an inch thick thanks to LED technology
  • New ultra-slim wall mount solution for these sets which reduces the gap between the TV and the wall to around 0.6 inches
  • New Touch of Color design – deep piano black bezel fades into distinct chrome that finishes as a clear prism along the outer edges (8000 Series) or light ruby (7000 and 6000 Series) highlights
  • Meets Energy Star 3.0 guidelines
  • LEDs are mercury free
  • Energy consumption reduced by 40%

The 8000 Series features:

  • Ultra-slim design
  • Auto Motion Plus 240Hz frame interpolation technology and 240Hz refresh rate
  • Yahoo! powered widgets
  • Available in 1st half of 2009 in 46 and 55 inch sizes

Here’s a shot of an LUXIA LED 8000 series set:

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The 7000 Series features:

  • Auto Motion Plus 240Hz frame interpolation technology and 240Hz refresh rate
  • Touch of Color design
  • Ethernet port and wireless reader for Yahoo! widgets
  • Available in 1st half of 2009 in 40, 46, and 55 inches

Here are shots of some LUXIA 7000 Series sets:

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Notice below how thin these displays really are thanks to the use of LED technology over CCFLs.

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Finally, the new 6000 Series features:

  • Ultra slim design
  • Auto Motion Plus 120Hz frame interpolation technology and 120Hz refresh rate
  • Available in 1st half of 2009 in 40, 46, and 55 inches

Samsung also announced a refresh of their CCFL-based LCD HDTV lineup with the introduction of new Series 7 and Series 6 LCDs.

The new Series 7 features:

  • Samsung Auto Motion Plus 240Hz frame interpolation technology to eliminate motion blur and judder
  • Improved Ultra Clear Panel producing deeper darker black tones and bolder colors
  • “Natural” mode – Samsung’s adaptive contrast picture which combines the brightness of LCDs with the cinema-like viewing of plasma displays
  • Low power consumption
  • Meets Energy Star 3.0
  • Touch of Color design
  • Wide Color Enhancer 3 technology
  • Internet@TV – Content service support
  • Ethernet and 802.11 a/b/g/n networking
  • DLNA certified
  • Available in 40, 46, and 52 inches
  • Coming out in the first half of this year.

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The new Series 6 panels (32 inches on up) feature:

  • Auto Motion Plus 120MHz frame interpolation technology
  • Improved Ultra Clear Panel producing deeper darker black tones and bolder colors
  • “Natural” mode – Samsung’s adaptive contrast picture which combines the brightness of LCDs with the cinema-like viewing of plasma displays
  • Low power consumption
  • Meets Energy Star 3.0
  • Touch of Color design
  • Internet@TV – Content Service for 40 inches or larger in the 6 Series.
  • Available in 19, 22, 32, 37, 40, 46, and 55 inches and coming out in the first half of this year.

 

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